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The Duchess of Cambridge talks to soldiers at the Victoria Barracks, Windsor, where she presented operational medals for service in Afghanistan to members of the 1st Battalion Irish Guards. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Saturday June 25, 2011. The 1st Battalion Irish Guards returned in April from a six-month tour in Afghanistan where they were deployed to 22 different locations in Helmand Province, tasked with developing the Afghan Army. Six soldiers returned home two weeks before the royal couple's wedding day and had ceremonial duties to perform in London on the day. See PA story ROYAL Cambridge. Photo credit should read: Steve Parsons/PA Wire